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Brunonia Barry

Author of The Lace Reader

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About the Author

Author Brunonia Barry was born in Massachusetts. She studied literature and creative writing at Green Mountain College in Vermont and at the University of New Hampshire before working in Chicago on promotional campaigns for theater and co-founding Smart Games. She wrote for the tween series Beacon show more Street Girls and penned the international and New York Times bestelling novel The Lace Reader. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Brunonia Barry

The Lace Reader (2008) 3,385 copies
The Map of True Places (2009) 778 copies
The Fifth Petal (2017) 575 copies

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Listened to on Audiobook downloaded from Audible, this details the story of Towner, who returns to her home town of Salem Mass., after her great aunt goes missing. She has spent years away on the other side of the country and her return makes her start to confront many secrets that have been buried, including the domestic abuse of her aunt, and the sexual abuse of her twin sister and her subsequent suicide. [return]Towner is an unreliable narrator (she says so right at the beginning), and the time she has spent in the hospital… (more)
 
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nordie | 280 other reviews | Oct 14, 2023 |
I was really into this and then at a certain point was totally confused by where it ended up. I loved the lace reading and the Salem location but something got lost for me.
 
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Andy5185 | 280 other reviews | Jul 9, 2023 |
Let me start with the positives...the descriptions of the town and houses, the atmosphere of Salem...hmm...I'm really trying hard to dig up something. Because ultimately, I didn't really like the book. I was not a fan of how convoluted the story was but I understand the author's idea for writing the story this way. Being in the mind of person with mental health issues means you are also only getting what they know and see and think. I did not really like the main character but she did have a lot going on in her life.

I wanted to love it...the story is right up my alley of stories I enjoy...but overall I just didn't enjoy it. I did finish the whole book though, so that's saying something.
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Chanicole | 280 other reviews | Jul 6, 2023 |
picked it up at a thrift store - liked that it said "masterfully woven" - beginning was ok, middle was starting to get slow, then holy moley...didn't see the connections/how it was woven together until I was reading on the edge of my seat. rare that a book takes me along with surprises!
 
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